Obama tailors election-year message to working women

Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2012-04-08 00:45

Article here. Excerpt:

'(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, leading in the polls among women voters, said on Friday he wants to help working women fight discrimination and juggle the demands of motherhood but stopped short of making promises on gender equality if he wins re-election.

At a White House event on women and the economy, Obama noted "there has been a lot of talk about women and women's issues lately," a nod to the emergence of contraceptive rights, working women and all-male establishments as heated issues in his race for re-election in November.

"But I do think that the conversation has been oversimplified," Obama said. "Women are not some monolithic bloc. Women are not an interest group. You shouldn't be treated that way."'

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Oh, gee wiz! Who would have thought that "he who is sort of like a god," would turn out to be a mangina? Well, he did pick that ass Biden as his running mate. That should have been a tip off. Looks like I will have to vote for Romney now.

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Submitted by Luek on Sun, 2012-04-08 15:41

There is no possibility I would vote for Obama, no matter how bad the Republican candidate is.

Considering what the Democratic party has been doing to men, there is no way I will vote for any democratic candidate now. I vote for Republicans because that doubles the impact of the loss of my vote.

I voted for Bush over Kerry even though I believed Bush to be incompetent and unworthy of the office. It made me want to throw up. But luckily, having a light breakfast kept the nausea down.

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Submitted by canaryguy on Sun, 2012-04-08 17:20

I respectfully disagree that MRAs should support Repubs on the basis that they are anti-Dems. Tough-on-crime Republicans are responsible for feeding the prison machine that keeps millions of our male brothers unjustly behind bars. They are also just as guilty of going after "deadbeat" dads. I do not believe there is a political party that represents our interests yet- but I do believe it is coming like a storm. In the meantime, boycott the vote.

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Submitted by citizend on Tue, 2012-04-10 12:41

I view the Democrats as being anti-male while the Republicans as largely going along. When the Democrats are in power we get screwed even more. When the Republicans are in power, they do NOTHING to help us.

My strategy is simple: First destroy the Democratic Party, then the Republican Party. If one of the political parties get weak enough, it'll give enough room for a centrist/pragmatic party to form and boot one of the others out and severely weaken the other.

This season the Democrats are doubling down on the women's vote as the road to victory. If they lose this year and the next midterm election with such a strategy, perhaps the Democrats might clue up. Maybe...

Always vote! No politician pays attention to people who aren't voting. At least pick a tolerable third party...

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Submitted by canaryguy on Tue, 2012-04-10 13:34